Combined inkstand and pen-rack.



No, 797,392. PATENTED AUG. '15, 1905. H. M. WILLIS.

COMBINED INKSTAND AND'PEN RACK.

APPLIUATIOH FILED MAE.10,1804.

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ATTORNEY.

l-lENRY M. \VlLLlS, OF EAST VVlLLlS'lON, NEW YORK.

fitJlVlElllNt-IU lNKSTAND ANU PEN"HAQKH Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed March 10, 1904. Serial No. 197,4t88.

To ctlZ who/rt it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. VVILLrs, a citizen of the United States, residing in East l/Villiston, Nassau county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful. improvement in a Combined. Inkstand and Pen ltack, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to ink wells or holders, and particularly to combination inkwells and pen-racks.

An object of my invention is to provide an ink well or holder with a cover which may be applied thereto without the use of cement, solder, or other medium which prevents the removal of the cover without destroying the latter or the parts of the ink-well adjacent the same.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined cover and pen-rack for ink wells or holders of a character whereby when the cover is thrown back the pens will not be thrown oil or displaced from the rack.

Another object of my invention is to provide a means for securing the combined penrack and cover to the ink-well which will per mit the pivotal action of the cover.

Another object oi. my invention is to provide means for combining a penrack with a cover for ink-wells which will permit the cover to be raised or lowered with the pen. and without removing the latter from the rack.

With these and other objects in view, as detailed during the course of this description, my invention consists in the parts, features, and combinations of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

in. the drawings, Figure 1 shows .in top plan the ink-well with the cover elevated. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the ink-well, showing the cover closed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ink-well, showing also in dotted lines the cover thrown back and illustrating the position of the pen-rack. Fig. il is a top plan showing the neck oi the ink-well and the elamping-ring thereon, illustrating a mode for preventing any move inent of the clan'i nng-ring relatively to the neck; and Fig. 5 is a sectional detail illustrating the features shown in Fig. 4.

The numeral 1 indicates the body oi the ink well. or holder, which may be 01 any de sired shape and material. In the present instance have shown a glass ink-well oi cubital iorm having the well 2 sunk therein and provided with a flange or neck 3, projeeting above the surface thereof.

This

flange or neck provides a medium to which the cover may be secured.

in one form oi" my invention the cover 4 is secured in place by means of a clamping-ring 5, the latter being split and provided with the angular portions 6, each of which is bored and one of which bores is screw-threaded at 7 for the reception. of a clamping pivotal screw 8. The cover l is shown cup-shaped, and the diameter of the cover is substantially the same as that of the ring 5, so that when the two are together the peripheries thereof will be ilush. The cover is provided with the tubular ear or lug 9, either termed integrally therewith or secured thereto in. any suitable manner. The ear is made suilicientl'y long to extend between the two angular portions 6 and to permit of said portions or luq's being drawn together with sui'iicicnt force and to a suiiieient extent to clamp the ring 5 upon the neck 3 of the stand. The elainping-screw El provided with a head 10 and passes through the projections c and through the ear 9, forming the pivot for the cover, and one of said projections 6 being screw-threaded the ring is tightly clamped upon the neck oi the stand. Ordinarily this means will be found suilieient to tightly clamp the ring upon the neck and hold the cover to the well; but to render impossible either circular or vertical movement oi the clamping-ring or cover on the neck of the well the said neck 3 may be provided with. one or more projections or roughened portions 11, which cooperate with depressions or cut-out portions 12, provided in or on the clamping-ring 5. By this means the ring is prevented From. having any movement relativcly to the neck.

Secured upon the top of the cover by riv ets l3, soldering, or otherwise is a pen rack or holder consisting of a cross-bar l4. and two substantially U-shaped end portions 15, the open sides oi which are 'n'esented toward the front of the ink-well. The end portions extend at a right angle to the crossbar and have the lower portions or 16 curved vertically to a suiiicient extent to prevent the pen from sliding or rolling therefrom when the cover is closed. The projections (3 on the clamping-ring 5 extend su'liiciently behind the hinge to act as stops to prevent the cover from being thrown :larther back than a vertical plane. Hence when the cover is opened or thrown up the pen. will remain in the holder and will not roll there from. The end U-shaped portions may be given any desired outline and may be made quite ornatethat is to say, the ends of the upper legs 17 may be curved, as shown, or may be given any other ornamental shape. The essential feature of this portion of my invention is that the substantially U-shaped holding portions of the pen-rack shall be so disposed that the lower legs shall prevent the pen from rolling forward when the lid is closed and that the upper legs shall prevent the pen from rolling from the rack when the lid is wide open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a simple and cheap combined pen-rack and ink-well and one which prevents the pen from being displaced, thus always having the pen at hand. Fur thermore, it will be seen that I have provided a means for holding the lid or cover to the ink-well which eliminates solder and other like fastening means, rendering it possible to replace the cover without destroying the well and rendering it impossible to destroy the connection between the cover and the ink-well. Moreover, it will be seen that by making a cover according to my invention it may be readily applied to various sizes of ink-wells, the clamping-ring being adj ustable and there being suflicient clearance between the projections on the ring and the pivotal car on the cover to permit adjustments to many different sizes of ink-wells.

It is designed to make my combined cover and pen-rack of light metals, such as aluminium; but it will be clear that the same can be made of precious metals, such as gold and silver, and the great drawback to inkwells now on the market avoided, all cements and solders being done away with.

' The convenience and usefulness of my invention will now be clear, and it needs only to be added that with a pen in the rack and the cover down the same movement of the hand in taking the pen from the rack will enable one to lift the cover and expose the ink in the well. Likewise the same movement of the hand in closing the cover enables the pen to be placed at rest in the rack. Thus the pen is always at hand, and the ink can always be kept under cover when not in use without any effort or appreciable design.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter, in combination with a split ring encircling said neck and provided with angular extensions, means for engaging said extensions to positively draw them toward each other and securely clamp the ring upon the neck, and a cover secured directly to the ring through the medium of said means and by the latter confined to an arc movement 011 the ring.

2. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter, in combination with a split ring encircling said neck, means engaging said ring for positively forcing its ends toward each other and securely clamping it upon 7 the neck, and a cover hinged directly upon the ring by said means and by the latter confined to an arc movement on the ring.

3. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter, in combination with a split ring encircling said neck, means engaging the free ends of the ring for positively forcing its ends toward each other and securely clamping it upon the neck, and a cover directly supported by said means and by the latter confined to an arc movement on the ring.

4. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter, in combination with a split ring encircling said neck, a clamping-screw engaging the free ends of said ring for positively forcing them toward each other and securely clamping the ring upon the neck, and a cover pivotally supported directly upon said screw and by the latter confined to an arc movement on the ring.

5. An ink-well having a neck, a cover, means for clamping the cover to the neck permitting the cover to have an arc movement relatively to the neck, and means between the neck and clamping means for preventing the cover from having circular movement around the neck.

6. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter at its top, combined with a cover having a clamping ring connected directly thereto, said connection being such as to confine the cover to an arc movement on the ring, and means for detachably securing the ring to said neck.

7. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter at its top, combined with a cover having a clampingring directly pivoted thereto, the pivotal connection confining the cover to an arc 1novement on the ring, and means for clamping the ring to said neck.

8. An ink-well having an extended portion forming a neck of uniform diameter at its top, combined with a cover having a clampingring, and means for securing the ring to the neck, said means affording a direct pivotal support for the cover, and also confining the cover to an arc movement on the ring.

9. An ink-well having a neck, in combination with a detachable cover pivotally connected to the neck so as to have only an arc movement thereon, and a pen-rack secured to and supported by the cover.

10. An ink-well having a neck, in combination with a detachable cover pivotally connected to the neck and by its pivotal connection confined to an arc movement on said neck, and a pen-rack secured to and carried by the cover having a U-shaped holding portion the open end of which is presented to- Ward the front of the cover.

11. An ink-Well having a cover pivoted thereto and confined to swing in the arc of a circle thereon, in combination with a penrack rigidly secured to the cover and having a- U-shaped portion, both the legs of Which are disposed obliquely to the plane of the top of the cover and in the same vertical plane at a right angle to the plane of the top of the cover, whereby the pen will be held by the rack Whether the cover is open or closed.

12. An ink-Well having a neck, a detachable cover pivoted thereto and confined to an arc movement thereon, means for preventing the cover from being thrown back beyond a vertical plane, and a pen-rack, rigidly secured to the top of the cover, having means for preventing the pen from rolling oil Whether the cover is opened or closed.

13. An ink-well having a detachable cover pivoted thereto and confined to an arc moveinent thereon, combined. with a pen-rack rig-' idly secured to and carried on the top of the cover, said rack having means for preventing the pen from rolling oll' whether the cover is opened or closed.

141;. An inlewell having a neck, in combination with a split ring encircling said neck and provided With angular extensions, means engaging said extensions for clamping the ring to the neck, and a cover pivotally supported by said means, the said extensions projecting beyond the pivotal support and afiording means to limit the movement oi the cover.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oi. tWo subscribing Witn esses.

H ENRY M. \VlLLlS.

Witnesses CnAs. McC. CHAPMAN, M. HERsKOVrrZ.

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